Sometimes compression programs designed to shrink the download for faster
transfer times, use self extracting .exe programs. If this is the case,
then just run the program, and the full uncompressed book will be extracted
and placed on your desk top.
At 09:45 PM 7/26/05 -0400, Catherine Armstrong wrote:
>Just hazarding a guess here, but it may be that the exe format is not a book
>but rather a program that can be used to read the book. For example, the
>site ereader.com has ebooks that you can buy, but in order to read them, you
>first have to download the palm digital media ereader program, kind of like
>Adobe but different enough that you can't just use adobe to read these
>ereader ebooks. So my guess is you should elect to open the file that has
>the .exe extension (assuming you have up-to-date virus protection on your
>computer of course), and it should run you through the set-up of the reader
>program. Here's hoping the program is accessible. FYI ereader's program is
>reasonably accessible using Window Eyes, and they have agreat selection of
>Star Trek books if you trekies are into those. Hope this helps.
>Catherine
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> > there are downloadable books that I come across on the net.
> > to my surprise they are in exe format.
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> > I don't understand which one is better and how to open the books for =
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> > thanks for sharing your techno expertise
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